[Albion] Do we really need a new striker

[mune ni kamome]

With chances few and far between does it matter how good our strikers are. We might as well get more attacking midfielders with the system we play. Our biggest problem is Dunk and Duffy failing to weigh in with any set piece goals despite numerous glorious chances. 3 or 4 goals at the right moment would have had us sitting comfortably just above halfway.

 

[Biscuit]

Yes.

 

[Hamilton]

With chances few and far between does it matter how good our strikers are. We might as well get more attacking midfielders with the system we play. Our biggest problem is Dunk and Duffy failing to weigh in with any set piece goals despite numerous glorious chances. 3 or 4 goals at the right moment would have had us sitting comfortably just above halfway.

Hello Chris!

 

[LamieRobertson]

Yes

 

[Is it PotG?]

We need a new striker, combined with a little more urgency and guile in getting the ball to this new target man.

 

[AmexRuislip]

We have to have a striker that can score goals and is a tad quicker than Murray and Hemed, as at the moment our wingers are getting the ball in the box, whilst Murray keeps tripping over his zimmer, trying to catch up!

 

[Renegade]

Do we need a new striker?Same answer as does Harvey Weinstein need a good lawyer.

 

[Trelford Mills Guide Dog]

Does NSC have a Dr. Yes to call upon ?

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I guess I'm right we are bottom of the premier league in terms of shots, but are we also down there in terms of chances created - if that is even a thing? There have been a lot of balls across the box that our strikers didn't get to, or balls over the top that ran through to the defenders - its been clear in many games that a striker with an extra yard or two of pace would get to these balls and get a shot away when Glenn or Tomer couldn't reach it. So to say we don't need a striker because we're not creating chances is ignoring that the striker themselves can create these chances by being in the right place.

 

[Chinman3000]

With chances few and far between does it matter how good our strikers are. We might as well get more attacking midfielders with the system we play. Our biggest problem is Dunk and Duffy failing to weigh in with any set piece goals despite numerous glorious chances. 3 or 4 goals at the right moment would have had us sitting comfortably just above halfway.

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[WhingForPresident]

Yes, but I see your point. Propper, Stephens, Dunk & Duffy all yet to score a league goal despite only missing one game between them. Not good enough.

 

[spanish flair]

Hello Mr Winstanley are you and your team struggling to do your job

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Yes, but I see your point. Propper, Stephens, Dunk & Duffy all yet to score a league goal despite only missing one game between them. Not good enough.

We rarely push enough people forward for those players to be in a scoring position. They are for corners, but:

1. We don't get as many as other teams
2. We're seemingly shit at them

 

[zefarelly]

Last decent striker we had was BZ circa 2001

last decent top flight striker we had was 1983 . . .

 

[heathgate]

A fast, physical, productive striker.... also a fast, physical and productive central midfielder.

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[Brighton Mod]

We need a new striker, combined with a little more urgency and guile in getting the ball to this new target man.

So by definition, we really need someone to get it tou striker first, because with no service, the striker is no good.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

No we need 2

 

[heathgate]

Hello Mr Winstanley are you and your team struggling to do your job

There could be a change there soon... I suspect Bloom will once again shuffle and change the recruitment team... too late for this year, but we will once again be building the foundations for some aspirational future.

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[Is it PotG?]

So by definition, we really need someone to get it tou striker first, because with no service, the striker is no good.

 

[Shooting Star]

I'll be one of the few to echo the OP. I don't think we need a new striker. I think we can stay up with the current squad, and I wouldn't want to risk spurning £20+ mil plus wages on a striker who might not even keep us up. If we still insist on playing the 4-4-1-1 with Gross behind the striker, then what can a better Murray or Hemed do for us realistically? Maybe poke in one or two goals more from the few chances we are currently creating, at best? I'd much rather see us switch to 4-4-2 (at least for 30+ minutes of a game) and have Baldock stretch defences. It's slim pickings in the market and I don't think Dembele or Ze Luis are the answer.

Then again, I'm one of the few who won't be distraught if we are relegated. And when we lost to West Brom, I chalked that up as a bad day at the office and not a cataclysmic disaster that warrants calling for Chris' head for not playing more positively, when we played more positively in the league game prior to that. I'm just enjoying the ride and personally I think we've done bloody well to be sitting in 16th at this stage of the season as a newly promoted club!